Aganocrossus vestitus (Boheman) Gordon & Bordat & Dellacasa & Dellacasa, 2008

Gordon, Robert D., Bordat, Patrice, Dellacasa, Giovanni & Dellacasa, Marco, 2008, Dung beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Aphodiinae) of the Mpala Research Centre and environs, Laikipia District, Kenya, Insecta Mundi 2008 (28), pp. 1-15 : 4

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.4532811
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4532813
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/0394878C-A124-FFB3-FA9D-FBDAFEBDBB62
treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Aganocrossus vestitus (Boheman)
status	comb. nov.

Treatment

Aganocrossus vestitus (Boheman) , n. comb.

Aphodius vestitus Boheman, 1857: 359 .

Aphodius (Aganocrossus) vestitus: Bordat, 1992b: 362 .

Specimens examined (17): Laikipia, Impala Ranch , N00 o 30’ - E36 o 51’, 1-13. V GoogleMaps .2002, #6, leg. R. Gordon, Impala dung (1) ; Laikipia, MRC, 1800 m , N00 o 17’ - E36 o 53’, 15-29.II.2001, 1-13.V.2003, #1, leg. R GoogleMaps . Gordon , ultra violet light (16). ( MRC) ( NMK) ( USNM) .

Geographical distribution: Eastern and southern Africa.

Dung preference: Apparently a generalist, taken from dung of several mammals including waterbuck, hippo, etc.

References

Abbreviations

V	Royal British Columbia Museum - Herbarium
MRC	TUBITAK Marmara Research Center Culture Collection
R	Departamento de Geologia, Universidad de Chile
NMK	National Museums of Kenya
USNM	Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History